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Chasing Arizona: One Man’s Yearlong Obsession with the Grand Canyon State

Full title: Chasing Arizona: One Man’s Yearlong Obsession with the Grand Canyon State
ISBN: 9780816528929
ISBN 10: 0816528926
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Publisher: University Of Arizona Press
Edition: First
Num. pages: 384
Binding: Paperback
Language: en
Published on: 2015

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Synopsis

The Book Is A Personal Account Of The Author's Year Spent 'chasing Arizona' By Going To As Many Places As Possible In Fifty-two Weeks To Learn About Arizona's History, Symbols, Food, People, And Quirky Customs. It Is Part Travelogue, Part History Book, Part Essay Collection And Covers The Whole State From Border Towns To The Four Corners--provided By Publisher. Machine Generated Contents Note: January: Turquoise -- Week 1 Haunted By The Blues -- Week 2 Pancho Villas Ride -- Week 3 Wanted Dead And Alive -- Week 4 Outnumbered By The Dead -- February: Cactus Wren -- Week 5 Arizona's Civil War -- Week 6 A Taste Of History -- Week 7 At The Foot Of Black Mountain -- Week 8 On The Banks Of The San Pedro -- March: Paloverde -- Week 9 High Jinks In The High Desert -- Week 10 Roadside Snake Handlers -- Week 11 Reshaping The Wild -- Week 12 Queen Of The Wood -- Week 13 Lost Dutchman Hunters -- April Saguaro Blossom -- Week 14 A Living Ghost Town's Garden Spot -- Week 15 An Arizona Treasure -- Week 16 The Last Camp Of Hi Jolly -- Week 17 Five Old Crabs At The Crossroads -- May: Two-tailed Swallowtail Butterfly -- Week 18 Fallen From The Sky -- Week 19 Digging Graves -- Week 20 Pluto Lives Here -- Week 21 A Ring Of Fire Above The Rim -- June: Apache Trout -- Week 22 Risen From The Ashes -- Week 23 Chasing Gods -- Week 24 Chubasco -- Ken Lamberton. How Far Would Go To Experience The Place You Live?--cover. Includes Bibliographical References [pages 353-355] And Index.